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3G
Features November 2002 |
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3G / UMTS Wireless Facility Opens in Germany Alcatel officially inaugurated its 3G Reality Centre in Stuttgart, Germany today. This facility, which has been operational since June of this year, is the first end-to-end, fully open 3G/UMTS mobile facility in Germany |
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Color Rings Enables Further Wireless Personalization More than one-half million Korean mobile phone subscribers signed up in the first month for a new service that lets them choose what people will hear when they call their phone. |
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Hutchison 3G In Danger of Downgrade Hutchison Whampoa's growing debt and the cash flow drag from its third-generation mobile telecom business (3G) put it in danger of a ratings downgrade next year, UBS Warburg has warned. |
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MMS Wireless Revenues = $8.3bn Juniper Research interviewed over 40 industry leaders and concluded that MMS has the potential to generate revenues in excess of $8.3bn by 2004 |
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Parker's Car Guides and Bango.net to give Vodafone, 02 and T-Mobile users the chance to check prices and get mini reviews through WAP-enabled handsets. |
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3G More Energy Efficent Than 2G There are rumors in academic circles and in the media that 3G will lead to a dramatic increase in power consumption. This is not true. |
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Until recently, Li Ka-shing's business judgment seemed above reproach, thanks to his decades of virtually flawless maneuverings in everything from container |
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Implementation of 3G telecom systems, especially in Europe and Asia, and new automobile electrical accessory designs are powering the growth of the world lead acid batteries market |
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Strategic 3G Partnership For China UTStarcom announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Datang Mobile ("Datang"), marking their joint effort to develop and promote the TD-SCDMA 3G standard. |
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Management Consultants Supply 3G Player HiQ signs an agreement with the operator 3. The agreement covers services like radio network and transmission design, telecoms strategy and specialist technical competence. |
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Samsung Bringing 3G Phones To Europe Samsung Electronics said on it will debut with a third generation mobile phone on the European market in the third quarter of 2003, using a Qualcomm chip that was announced last week. |
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100 Million Wireless Handsets Shipped It is a positive sign for the industry to see vendors remaining profitable in challenging market conditions. Motorola even managed to turn its highest operating margin since 1997 |
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Wavecom launch the first WISMO-powered phones with a colour LCD. TCL Mobile now responds to a strong demand in the Chinese market with its first models featuring colour LCDs |
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Dilithium Networks announced the introduction of QuickReach DNA a protocol analysis platform for the mobile market. QuickReach DNA is a H324M/3GPP-324M protocol analysis tool |
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4G Is Imminent on the Heels of 3G Fourth generation wireless will be rolled out by this time next year by forward-thinking wireless operators who are now working with 4G technology providers in an effort to leapfrog expensive and ineffective third generation wireless strategies. |
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2.5G and 3G Applications Partnership for Mobile Phones This will provide 2.5G and 3G module and terminal manufacturers with application-specific solutions. The partnership will speed up time-to-market for mobile multimedia devices and will allow reduced R&D investment |
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SK Telecom To Launch 3G W-CDMA in 2003 South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom said on Thursday it would launch a third-generation service based on W-CDMA technology |
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Effnet expands effort in 3G market InterDigital Communications has selected Effnet's IPHC (IP Header Compression) product for integration with InterDigital's FDD protocol stack product in order to improve efficiency |
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4G Is Imminent on the Heels of 3G 4G will be rolled out by this time next year by forward-thinking wireless operators who are now working with 4G technology providers in an effort to leapfrog expensive and ineffective 3G strategies. |
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Wireless Phones : Credit Card Fraud Boost UK-based Optical Antenna Solutions (OAS) will today launch a revolutionary optical device that will help reduce the massive global problem of credit card fraud. |
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Start-Up Wins $14 Million GPS Wireless Cellphone Contract UK-based antenna manufacturer, Sarantel, has won an $14 million contract for its PowerHelix(TM) GPS (Global Positioning System) antennas for use in cellular handsets. |
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New camera phone for NTTDoCoMo Integrating an infrared comms port, the new i-shot™ compatible N504iS is the first DoCoMo phone that can be used as a remote control for TV, video and other appliances. |
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Wireless Phones : Credit Card Fraud Boost UK-based Optical Antenna Solutions (OAS) will today launch a revolutionary optical device that will help reduce the massive global problem of credit card fraud. |
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PacketVideo Corporation will be demonstrating PacketVideo's new mobilemedia software on Nokia Series 60 phones |
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New GPS-enabled CDMA2000 1X Wireless Handset Nokia's newest CDMA handset combines the features most desired by consumers while offering CDMA operators a new choice as they migrate subscribers to new GPS-enabled CDMA2000 1X networks. |
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Over 278 Million Europeans With 'Wireless Feature Phones' by 2007 By the end of 2003, millions of Western Europeans will be accessing mobile data services over GPRS networks from one of the new breed of feature-rich 'smart' phones |
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3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Trial Network Launched biquiTel Inc announced that they have launched a data-optimized CDMA2000, or 1xEV-DO, trial network in Boise, Idaho. |
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America's First Built-in Wireless Camera Phone he PCS Phone by Sanyo 5300 combines the functionality of a digital camera with the clear calls of a PCS Phone |
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New Single-Chip for 3G Designs First to deliver very high linearity along with the cost and space efficiencies of direct conversion technology for CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, TDMA, 2.5G and 3G base stations. |
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World's First GSM / EDGE 3G Mobile Phone Nokia announced the Nokia 6200 tri-band (GSM / GPRS / EDGE phone, the world's first 3GPP compliant EDGE (Enhanced Data-Rates for GSM Evolution) handset |
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Mobile Application Download - the case for a common technology The selection of a common technology for mobile application download services can create more business opportunities, reduce handset costs and enhance the service experience for customers. |
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Legend's First Color Screen Wireless Phone Legend Group launched its first color screen mobile handset - Legend i188. It is also the first handset that could display 65536 colors in China market. |
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3G Handsets Feature Strongly In LG's R & D Plans LG plan to spend KRW1.8 trillion for R&D in its Electronics & Telecommunications business. This initiative was unveiled at a strategic meeting held today at the LG Production Engineering Research Center in Pyungtaek, Korea. |
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HUNGARY’s third mobile operator Vodafone (under the name VRAM Rt) announced that Hungarians can now use the world’s first third generation (3G) mobile-phone roaming network. |
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European Wireless Operators Help Consumers Make Sense of Roaming GSM Europe announce a report, highlighting that consumers in Europe now have far more information and transparency of choice available to them when they use their phone abroad. |
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It's without doubt the biggest individual telecoms project the world has ever seen. Representing billions of dollars of investment from hundreds of the world's mobile network operators and equipment manufacturers. |
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Catapult Extends 3G Testing Capabilities Catapult Communications announced it has expanded its portfolio of software for testing telecommunications networks based on the W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) standard for third-generation (3G) wireless technology. |
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Network Operators Helped To Rapidly Deploy 3G UMTS HP and Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) today announced an expanded OEM agreement aimed at reducing network complexity and mobile operators' costs. |
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Over 70 Million Wireless Gamers In US by 2007 The U.S. wireless gaming market is emerging as a viable long-term opportunity for game developers and publishers, wireless carriers, and wireless handset providers. |
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New Wireless Phone With 3D Colour Screen NTT DoCoMo announced that it will introduce a new i-shot™ handset, the mova SH251iS featuring a 3D color LCD, on November 16, 2002. |
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World's First Wireless Firewall Trials Sucessfully Bluefire Security Technologies announced it has closed a $6 million second-round of funding led by JK&B Capital. The funds will be used to expand business operations and commercialize the world's first mobile firewall for handheld devices |
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3G Wireless Operators Must Get The Marketing Mix Right Mobile operators are depending on new data services to dig them out of debt and build positive expectation around 3G, but you'd never know that from their marketing approach. |
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First Toshiba Wireless Phone Launched In Europe The TS21i is an innovative and easy to use mobile phone featuring a central navigation ball and a large colour screen all contained in a compact and stylish design. The phone will be sold by KPN Mobile. |
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Three Million KDDI CDMA 2000 1x Wireless Subscribers Openwave Systems announced that its WAP 2.0 technology has supported the extraordinary growth of KDDI, the number two wireless operator in Japan. |
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New Products Enable High Quality Photo Imaging For 3G Phones Dialog Semiconductor has launched the first two products of a new family of standard CMOS image sensing modules. The DA3510 and DA3520 will enable high quality photo imaging and video capabilities to be embedded into next generation mobile phones |
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Planning and Managing a 3G Network Despite the recent reduction in enthusiasm for mobile communications, and for 3G in particular, it is likely that 3G services will play an important role in satisfying future communication needs |
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Siemens Mobile and Openwave Systems announced that they have been selected by Vodacom to install Openwave® Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and integrate with the operator’s GSM and GPRS mobile network. |
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3G TD-SCDMA Confirmed For China Frequency allocation for TD-SCDMA “a milestone” in the development of the 3G standard – technology being vigorously advanced by 300 Siemens engineers |
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Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc. has announced the shipment of a new CDMA2000 1x mobile phone, A1101S to KDDI and Okinawa |
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3G Licence Holder Becomes 3G MVNO Tele2 AB announces that following the completion of its MVNO agreement with Telenor, which will provide UMTS access to Telenor's Norwegian network, Tele2 has today returned its UMTS license to the Norwegian Government. |
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| 3G Player Expands Into Far East 3G technology company, UbiNetics, is expanding its presence in the Far East with the opening of an office in Taiwan and the appointment of David You as vice-president for Asia. |
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Browser unifies WAP, i-Mode and Java This version achieves the long-awaited goal of unifying Java and browser-based approaches in the mobile world, hence paving the way for the development of open, modular Java-based device platforms. |
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3G Rollout Software For Orange Gamma Projects announces Orange Sverige as another 3G client to its expanding portfolio. |
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3G Centre Opens In Netherlands Alcatel opened its 3G Reality Centre for the Benelux in Rijswijk. It is the first fully functional 3G/UMTS system in the Benelux and the newly born member to the 3G Reality Centre program. |
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First Dedicated Wireless Games Phone Orange UK, IN-FUSIO and Sagem UK, today announced that Orange UK customers will soon be able to download games on the world's first dedicated mobile games phone - the Sagem myG-5. |
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Adult Images To 3G Mobile Phones VTX Inc. announced the launch of PocketJoy .com, the first website to send full color erotic images to 3G, WAP enabled wireless phones and PDA devices.
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J-Phone Expand Serices To Wireless Cusomers J-PHONE announced it will integrate the functions of its call, billing and registration centers located in the four cities of Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo and Kanazawa in eastern Japan. |
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market sizing and forecasts of three key segments, a breakdown of unified
communications technologies, in-depth analysis of market players, |
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The Helix™ Mobile Producer powered by Envivio, based on RealNetworks’ Helix platform, will provide content creators a single, high-quality encoding solution for 3GPP, 3GPP2 and RealAudio® and RealVideo® content. |
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3G Video Streaming Showcase In Israel Royal Philips Electronics, Nokia and Cellcom are jointly showcasing the exciting potential for multimedia delivery over next generation mobile networks with a demonstration of live content streaming over a UMTS network |
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Nokia today introduced the latest additions to its strong portfolio of phones, with high-quality color displays, Java (TM) and multimedia messaging (MMS). |
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O2 Wireless Media Messaging Launches O2 has launched its multimedia messaging service in the UK offering customers free media messaging until 31st January 2003. The service, called O2 Media Messaging |
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3G Capability Added to SANYO Phones QUALCOMM and SANYO announced the selection of the QUALCOMM MSM6200 |
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LG Aiming To Be the First in China With Color cdma2000 Wireless Handsets LG Electronics is stepping up its marketing drive in China – one of the top 3 strategic markets for the company for mobile handset business along with Korea and the U.S., - with introduction of the latest CDMA color handset. |
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World's Smallest 3G WCDMA Node B Huawei Technologies, a global supplier of telecom infrastructure, today announced that the company has launched the world's smallest WCDMA Node B at PT/EXPO COMM CHINA 2002 |
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High Performance Multimedia Technology For 3G Phones NeoMagic Corporation unveiled its new processing MiMagic® family of Applications Processors called APA (Associative Processor Array), is based on sophisticated circuit structures. |
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Ericsson Confirms 3G Leadership Ericsson's leadership in supplying 3G networks to the market is confirmed as the milestone of 10 000 commercial UMTS/WCDMA macro base stations is passed. |
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Europe's First Mobile Video Hosting Service Vemotion, an independent company operating Europe's first mobile video hosting service, is utilising patented technology from BTexact to deliver full-colour video services. |
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Although the wireless data/Internet market has had to bear the brunt of some tough public criticism, it is steadily progressing, according to In-Stat/MDR. |
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